Drivers are available which allow FTDI devices to work with
the following operating systems:

Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows 7

Windows 7 x64

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 x64

Windows Vista

Windows Vista x64

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003 x64

Windows XP

Windows XP x64

Windows 2000

Windows ME

Windows 98

Linux

Mac OS X

Mac OS 9

Mac OS 8

Windows CE.NET (Version 4.2 and greater)

For most of these operating systems two types of driver are available:
Virtual COM Port (VCP) drivers
and direct (D2XX) drivers. The VCP
driver emulates a standard PC serial port such that the USB device may be
communicated with as a standard RS232 device. The D2XX driver
allows direct access to a USB device via a DLL interface.

To locate the drivers you want to install
for a device, select which of the driver types you wish to use (VCPor D2XX) and
then locate the appropriate operating systems. With the exception
of Windows 98 and Windows ME, all devices are supported in each driver
package.

In
addition to the drivers developed by FTDI, there are a number of drivers
available which have been developed by third parties. Some of
these drivers are listed on our 3rd Party Drivers page.

Customising Drivers

For customers wishing to create their own driver release, FTDI can issue
you with a block of 8 product IDs (PIDs) for use with FTDI's vendor ID (VID)
if you do not have your own vendor ID. This service is free of
charge, but the issued PIDs must only be used with FTDI's VID
(0x0403).

When requesting a PID block, please include the following information:

Name

Company

Country

E-Mail address

Please note that implementing
a custom VID and PID with standard FTDI driver releases requires
references to be changed in the INF and INI files.

Similarly, if driver files are renamed all references to the driver
files in the INF and INI files must be amended to reflect the new names.

Changing any of the files in a Microsoft WHQL certified driver release
will invalidate the certification. Drivers can be customised and
the certification maintained through the Microsoft WinQual reseller
system.